<http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/Assets/irmp/irmp%206%20draft%20plan.pdf>
These people have so many things going on - they are leaving the USA in the dust Chshire FD has 24 stations - they utikize fulltime and oncall staff FireLink is the new nationwide radio system - they just mention it in 1 sentence The new fire command centers seem to be going nowhere fast - as they mention They are getting new CAD in 2009 ------------------------------ Page 17 of 34 - they set new response time goals 1. very high risk areas - 0 to 5 minutes - high risk areas - 6 to 10 - medium 11 to 15 - low 16 to 20 - very low more than 20 2. all road traffic collisions in 15 minutes 3. 25 engines in one hour to major incidents - or - two 10 pump fires at once 4. alerting times by dispatchers - 50% in under 45 seconds - 75% in 60 seconds - 90% in 90 seconds - 99%in 120 seconds 5. beginning to provide EMS in conjunction with ambulance service ---------------------------------------------- Shifting to 12 hour shifts in some stations "Retained Duty Staff" = ? using off duty fulltime staff Have new midi pumper - photo on page 23 of 34 New quint - now have 4 hydraulic platforms --------------------------------------------- Page 20 of 34 - picture - Cheshire FD looks very similar to a USA FD - except that pumper has ladder on top, rollup doors, and booster line - turnout and helmets and SCBA are same as US pretty much --------------------------------------------- Page 25 of 34 - is that a portable radio in the breast pocket right under the SCBA mask? ------------------------------------ Page 29 of 34 - Pocket PC --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
